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Are there plans to support counters?

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Graphite is great for graphing gauges but a lot of the information I would like to graph is contained in counters. Are there plans to support these in the future?

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chrismd (chrismd) said : 		#1

Actually this is something that would be implemented in graphite's database library, whisper. I'll create a feature request for it. Most likely what I'll do is keep gauges the default but allow you to override it in the schemas file.

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phreakocious (phreakocious) said : 		#2

The derivative function handles the graphing of stored "counter" values, does it not? I believe the only limitation here would be the handling of a counter wrapping. A single counter wrap during a polling cycle is fairly straightforward to handle if you know what the maximum value of that counter could be. Multiple wraps in one polling cycle requires some extra massaging logic.

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